JONATHAN TURLEY

Gun-Toting North Carolina Candidate Pledges To Hunt Down “Rinos” In Political Ad

House GOP primary candidate Kay Daly is challenging Rep. Renee Ellmers in North Carolina clearly has a different view of what constitutes a high calibre candidate. The former N.C. GOP spokeswoman and congressional aide is running an advertisement that says that she does not just oppose RINOs (“Republican In Name Only”) but wants to bag them . . . literally.

The new ad attacks Ellmers and shows her in unflattering images while warning voters that she is a “feminist” and a “RINO” — including votes “to let homosexuals pretend they’re married.”

This is not the first time that a candidate has pitched their candidacy at the business end of a shotgun — though Democratic candidates appear to prefer hunting elephants.

For her part, Ellmer seems to draw a lively set of opponents. In 2014, she defeated former American Idol star Clay Aiken with 58.9 percent of the vote.

. . . and we are just starting the campaign season.